Pouliuli (Pacific Classics, No. 8)

ONE MORNING AN OLD MAN WAKES TO FIND THAT EVERYTHING AROUND HIM NOW FILLS HIM WITH REVULSION. AND WHEN THAT OLD MAN IS FALEASA OSOVAE, THE HIGHEST- RANKING CHIEF IN THE VILLAGE OF MALAELUA THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM AND HIS PEOPLE ARE SHATTERING. SUDDENLY THE OLD MAN FEIGNS MADNESS AND BEGINS TO AVOID HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CHIEF. ALBERT WENDT'S POWERFUL AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING NOVEL GRAPPLES WITH THE NEW AND TRADITIONAL FORCES SHAPING SAMOAN SOCIETY AND BRINGS THE PEOPLE OF MALAELUA TO VIVID LIFE.